Master Ordered to Remain in Sri Lanka to Settle Small Oil Spill
[Brief] A magistrate in Colombo, Sri Lanka issued an order banning the master of a tanker that spilled a small amount of oil…
Russia Shifts Tankers to New Spot off Morocco to Continue STS Ops
Russia is continuing to play a “shell game” moving around its tankers in an effort to avoid sanctions and maintain the vital…
First Domestically-Built Geo Exploration Vessel Commissioned in Korea
Korean officials gathered on May 31 at Pohang Yeongilman Port to celebrate the commissioning of the country’s first domestically-built geophysical exploration research…
Malaysian container ports see record volumes in May
MMC and APM Terminals run PTP handled 1.078 million teu in May 2024, which it claimed to have handled without any congestion at the Southeast…
Cosco Shipping upgrades boxship newbuilds to methanol engines
Cosco Shipping Holdings and Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) have agreed to upgrade the power system of four 16,180 teu containerships under construction from single-coventional-fuel-powered…
ELME Spreader expanding facilities as it grows crane product range
The Swedish-headquartered company will start work on constructing 1,700 sq metres of additional space in autumn this year to allow for continued…
Maersk and MSC blank two East Asia – Med services
In a customer advisory MSC said: “Due to the current challenging situation generating terminal congestions and longer waiting times in Asia and Mediterranean ports,…
Shadow fleet transfers of sanctioned oil have moved to Morocco
The trade in sanctioned Russian oil has shifted from Greek waters to eastern Morocco in the Mediterranean, according to Bloomberg. Determined efforts…
Salvage Operation Ordered to Fight Cargo Fire on Ship Chartered to CMA CGM
CMA CGM is warning customers that a salvage operation has been ordered for one of the containerships it has on charter for…